Oakland Scottish 
Bowling Club 



Sv-L aws and Regulations 




Bowling Green and Club House 
Lakeside Park, Oakland, Calif. 

1915 



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Oakland Scottish 
Bowling Club 



By-Laws and Regulations 



Formed under the Scottish Bowling Association 
Rules of tne Game 



Adopted August 25th< 1915 

Bowling Green and Club House 
Lakeside Park, Oakland, Calif. 



1915 



Copyrighted 
1915, 

According to Act of Congress. 
All Rights Reserved. 



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SEP 20 1915 



OFFICERS FOR 1915-16. 



PRESIDENT, 
Lester G. Burpee. 

VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, 
Dr. E. R. Sill. George F. McMath. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 
Green Managers Board of Auditors 

Lester G. Burpee Taliesin Evans 

Dr. E. R. Sill Major Henry Hume 

George F. McMath J. Murray Earsman 
James P. Taylor 
Major Henry Hume 

Membership Committee. 

Robert Dalziel, Jr. Dr. A. K. Crawford 

William Chalmers 



Custodian of Trophies. .The Club President 



BOARD OF PARK DIRECTORS 



Dr. Samuel H. Buteau, Pres.; Walter 
D. Cole, Charles H. Heeseman; Henry 
F. Vogt, Sec.; L. S. Kerfoot, Supt. 



BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



ARTICLE I. 
Name. 

This club shall be known as "Oakland 
Scottish Bowling Club" and all business 
transacted and financial obligations con- 
tracted in its interest shall be done under 
that title and the delegated authority of the 
club. 

Object. 

Its object shall be to foster and promote 
the system of bowling-on-the-green as de- 
fined by the rules of the Scottish Bowling 
Association and such special regulations as 
it may adopt not in conflict therewith. 



ARTICLE II. 

Membership. 

All persons of good repute and social 
standing shall be eligible to membership. 

Every candidate for membership shall be 
proposed by a member in good standing and 
recommended by two other members simi- 
larly qualified; and such application shall 
be referred to the membership committee 
and, if favorably reported on by that com- 
mittee, his name shall be posted on the 
clubhouse bulletin board two weeks prev- 
ious to the date set for balloting thereon. 



An entrance fee shall accompany said ap- 
plication, the same being- returnable in the 
event of non-election. 

Application for membership shall be 
voted upon by ballot. Three negative bal- 
lots shall be necessary for rejection. 

Every member will be expected to pos- 
sess a set of standard Scottish Bowling 
Association bowls and such other personal 
equipment as may be required under club 
regulations. 

Membership shall be divided into three 
classes, namely, Ordinary Members, who 
shall be subject to monthly dues and all 
other financial obligations, imposed; Life 
Members, who shall be exempt from month- 
ly dues only; Honorary Members, who shall 
be exempt from all financial obligations. 

Life membership may be acquired by the 
payment of $50. 

Honorary membership may be granted by 
a two-thirds' vote of those members present 
at an annual or semi-annual meeting, their 
names having been posted on the clubhouse 
bulletin board for two weeks previously. 

Honorary membership shall not entail 
the right to vote on any question affecting 
the club, but shall carry with it all other 
privileges associated with ordinary mem- 
bership. 



ARTICLE III. 



Officers and Standing Committees. 

The officers of the club shall be a Presi- 
dent, Vice-President, Secretary and a Treas- 
urer. 



Standing committees shall be a Board of 
Auditors, a Board of Green Managers and 
a Membership Committee. 

The Board of Auditors shall be composed 
of three non-office-holding members. 

The Board of Green Managers shall be 
composed of the President and four mem- 
bers. 

Officers and Board members shall be 
elected at the annual meeting by ballot. 
Each officer or board manager shall be 
voted on separately. A majority of the 
votes cast shall constitute an election. The 
term of service shall be for one year, but no 
officer or board member shall be disquali- 
fied for re-election. 

The Membership Committee shall consist 
of three members to be appointed by the 
President annually. 

Vacancies in any official position or 
board membership shall be filled at any 
regularly called meeting by a majority vote 
cast. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Duties of Officers and Standing Committees. 
President and Vice-President. 

The President shall preside at all meet- 
ings, but he shall not vote on any question 
before the club, except in the event of a 
tie vote, when his casting vote shall deter- 
mine the result. 

He shall appoint all special committees 
and be an ex-officio member thereof. 

He shall be the custodian of all club 
trophies. 



In the absence of the President, his duties 
shall be performed by the Vice-President. 

Secretary. 

The Secretary shall keep a correct record 
of the membership, collect all fees, monthly 
dues and all revenues derivable from other 
sources and transfer the same monthly to 
the Treasurer, taking- his receipt therefor. 

He shall notify all members three months 
in arrears for dues and report in writing 1 
at the quarterly meetings of the club all 
delinquents three months or more in ar- 
rears. 

At each semi-annual and annual meeting 
he shall submit a statement of receipts 
from all sources and payments to the Treas- 
urer and his books and vouchers for exami- 
nation by the Board of Auditors. 

Treasurer. 

The Treasurer shall pay all claims against 
the club when duly approved by the Presi- 
dent or Vice-President. 

He shall present a written report at 
each annual and semi-annual meeting-, show- 
ing the receipts and disbursements during" 
the preceding six months, and cash on hand, 
accompanied by vouchers for all payments. 

Board of Auditors. 

The Board of Auditors shall semi-an- 
nually (or whenever directed by a majority 
vote of members present at a regular or 
called meeting") be required to audit the 
reports, vouchers and books of the Secre- 
tary and the Treasurer, and report thereon 
in writing at the meeting of the club next 
held. 



Board of Green Managers. 

The Board of Green Managers shall have 
the sole charge of the green, subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Park Directors. 

It shall establish and enforce such rules 
and regulations governing the use of the 
green which it may adopt, not inconsistent 
with the regulations of the Park Directors. 

It shall be vested with the power to co- 
operate with the Park Directors in carrying 
out any measure for the betterment of the 
green; provided, however, that any pro- 
posed expenditure of club money for such 
purposes shall have been first authorized by 
a majority vote of the board members. 

All claims against the club for the better- 
ment of the green must be approved by the 
board before payment is made. 

The green shall be considered closed on 
Sunday for use by members of this club. 

No person shall be permitted to enter or 
play on the green who is not properly shod 
with footwear without heels; nor shall any 
inexperienced bowler be permitted to play 
on a rink unprotected by canvas mats. 

The green managers shall have the cus- 
tody of all properties belonging to the club 
stored in the clubhouse. 

Playing on the green after it shall have 
been declared closed by the green managers 
is prohibited. 



ARTICLE V. 

Fees, Dues and Locker Rents. 

An entrance fee of three (3) dollars shall 
accompany every application for member- 
ship. 



Dues of Ordinary Members shall be fifty 
(50) cents per month, payable in advance. 

Life membership fee shall be fifty (50) 
dollars. 

Tjocker rent shall be two (2) dollars per 
annum, payable in advance. 

A member six months in arrears shall be 
suspended and denied all club privileges. 

Any member resigning must be paid-up to 
the date of his resignation or his resigna- 
tion shall not be accepted. 

An ex-member, unless under suspension, 
shall be eligible to re-election without the 
payment of the admission fee; but he must 
be proposed and balloted for in the regular 
order provided in these by-laws. 

Special conditions may be adopted by a 
majority vote of members present at regular 
or called meetings for the retention in good 
standing of members long absent from the 
club, or otherwise unable to enjoy club 
privileges. 



ARTICLE VI. 
Meetings. 

Meetings shall be held quarterly on the 
first Wednesday in April, July, October and 
January. 

On other occasions when required, meet- 
ings may be called by the President at his 
pleasure, or by five members in good stand- 
ing signing a written call stating its object 
and posting the same on the clubhouse bul- 
letin board at least two (2) weeks in ad- 
vance. 

Annual meetings for the receipt of of- 
ficial reports, election of officers and 



standing- committees, and the transaction of 
business shall be held on the first Wednes- 
day in April, at 8 p. m. 

Semi-annual meetings to receive the re- 
ports of the Secretary and Treasurer, and 
the transaction of business, shall be held on 
the first Wednesday in October, at 8 p. m. 

Special meetings called by five members 
in good standing shall be open for the 
transaction of such business only as is de- 
scribed in the call. 

At any club meeting fifteen members in 
good standing shall constitute a quorum. 

At any board or committee meeting a 
majority of its members shall constitute a 
quorum. 



ARTICLE VII. 



Skips. 

Nine skips shall be elected at the annual 
meeting by a majority vote and for a term 
of twelve months. 

They shall elect from their own number 
the necessary skips to play any match, and 
such skips shall organize the teams. 

The club skips shall control all club tour- 
naments, except where special authority is 
vested by these by-laws in the Board of 
Green Managers. 

Prom the total list of entrants in any 
club tournament, the club skips shall figure 
out the number necessary to be drawn by 
lot for opponents in "singles" and partners 
in "doubles," and "byes" in either class to 
enter the contest after the first round, so 



as to equalize the contestants in the semi- 
finals. 

At all club skip meeting's, five skips pres- 
ent shall constitute a quorum and a ma- 
jority vote shall rule. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



Tournaments. 

All propositions relating to club tourna- 
ments shall be submitted in regular form to 
the club at a regular or called meeting and 
adopted or rejected by a majority vote of 
members present. 

Arrangements for such tournaments may 
be adopted by a majority vote at such 
meeting or referred to a special committee 
appointed for the purpose by the President. 
Such committee may report at that or any 
adjourned meeting for adoption, amendment 
or rejection by a majority vote of club 
members present. 

All rules and regulations of tournaments, 
not in conflict with these by-laws, shall be 
framed by the club skips, subject, however, 
to approval by a majority vote at a regular 
or called meeting of the club. 

In all handicap tournaments, the award 
of points shall be determined by a majority 
vote of the club skips. Such action shall be 
regarded as final. And the number of 
points allowed to handicapped contestants 
shall be placed on the scoreboard and score- 
card when each game in the tournament is 
started. 

No player entering a tournament and duly 
drawn, and who has served on a team par- 



ticipating therein which is defeated at any 
stage thereof, shall be qualified to re-enter 
as a substitute for any defaulting or dis- 
abled player originally drawn on any sur- 
viving team. 

Any entrant to a tournament drawn on 
a team who voluntarily withdraws from the 
contest shall thereby be declared disquali- 
fied. 

Any vacancy in a tournament team creat- 
ed by the voluntary default or disability of 
a member shall not, however, operate as a 
default of the team; but any member of the 
club who neglected to enter the lists at the 
opening of the tournament shall be again 
privileged to enter on the original terms of 
entrance and thereby qualify as a substitute 
for the defaulting or disqualified player. 



ARTICLE IX. 



Control of Tournaments on the Green. 

In all tournaments played on the home 
green under the auspices of the club, the 
Board of Green Managers shall be in sole 
control. It shall be responsible for the 
condition of the green, and for the laying, 
lining, marking and equipment of the rinks. 

The Board shall assign for each rink one 
of its own members, or appoint a competent 
substitute from the body of the club mem- 
bership, to officiate as umpire and scorer, 
whose decision on any disputed point raised 
during the game shall be deemed final, save 
in the case of a protest being lodged 
against the participation of a player on the 
ground of disqualification. 



In the event of a protest, the same shall 
be reduced to writing- by the protestant, re- 
ferred to the club skips for trial and settle- 
ment at a regular or called meeting- of that 
body, which shall be set for a later date, 
two weeks' nqtice of which meeting- shall be 
given to all parties concerned. 

Wrangling- over an umpire's decision on 
the green shall be strictly prohibited, and 
any violation of this rule shall be promptly 
visited by whatever penalty the Board of 
Green Managers shall deem proper to im- 
pose. 

Profanity or any ung-entlemanly utter- 
ance or conduct on the green by a player is 
strictly prohibited. Any violation of this 
rule shall be cause for a warning by the 
Board of Green Manag-ers against a repeti- 
tion. If the warning is disregarded, the 
Board of Green Managers shall be empow- 
ered to impose such penalty on the offend- 
ing- player as it may deem proper. 



ARTICLE X. 



When, in an inter-club tournament play- 
able on a green outside of the jurisdiction 
of this club, in which Oakland Scottish 
Bowling Club members are entrants, but 
in which such entrants are "ties" in the 
"semi-finals" or in the "finals," the privi- 
lege shall be urged to play off the "tie" on 
the club's home green. 

When, in an inter-club tournament play- 
able on Lakeside Park green, the same situ- 
ation shall happen to entrants of other 
clubs, the same privileg-e shall be conceded 
by this club to them. 



ARTICLE XI. 



Green Etiquette. 

In all practice games on the home green, 
in which less than the regulation number 
of players are using a rink, no member in 
good standing shall be denied the right to 
be admitted to play. 

Members of other Scottish bowling clubs, 
or persons interested in the sport, visiting 
the green, shall be invited to play on any 
rink used for ordinary practice by teams of 
less than the regulation number, and the 
courtesies of the club shall be extended to 
them. 

This rule shall not apply, however, to any 
rink laid out expressly for special practice 
by tournament teams. 



ARTICLE XII. 



Miscellaneous. 

No debt exceeding fifteen (15) dollars 
shall be contracted by any member, officer, 
board or committee in behalf of the club 
without being duly authorized by a majority 
vote of the members present at a regular 
or called meeting. 

Should any dispute arise which .is not 
provided for in these by-laws, it shall be 
referred to the cluB skips, whose decision 
shall be final. 



ARTICLE XIII. 



Amendments to By-!Laws. 

Amendments to these by-laws shall be 
made by not less than a two-thirds vote of 
the members present at an annual meeting", 
and then only when a notice of a proposed 
amendment shall have been given to the 
Secretary in writing- at least one month be- 
fore the date of holding such annual 
meeting. 

The text of such proposed amendment 
shall also be incorporated in the Secretary's 
notice of the annual meeting posted on the 
clubhouse bulletin board at least three 
weeks before the date on which the annual 
meeting is to be held. 




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